Cigarette extinguisher and ejector



May 20, 1952 HECHTL,

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER AND EJECTOR Filed Sept. 27, 1948 INVENTOR. Mar Herb fl Md 1% flyi.

Patented May 20, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE "2,597,320 p y g s CIGARETTE nx'rmoulsriiilthisn'n-mc'ron Max Hechtl; Brooklyn, N. Y. Application September 27, 1948, SerialNo5132 It is a well established fact that life and property damage caused by smokers is tremendous. A cigaretteexting'uisher at the finger tips will afford great comfort to the average smoker, and society, in the knowledge that such losses due to everyday negligence and carelessness can be cut to a minimum.

With this in view, I have constructed a cigarette extinguisher that is cheap to make and simple to assemble in a foolproof manner, which has as its primary object, a construction which will permit ready. adaptation to an ash tray or the like and which is provided with practical, simple, and efficient means for removing therefrom cigarette butts and depositing them into an ash tray automatically and without making it necessary for a user of the device to touch the cigarette butts inserted into the extinguisher.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device .of the character described which is of an attractive outer appearance, so that it is well adapted to be used as a gift article, which can be operated in a pleasant manner, and which is easy to keep clean.

Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and to assemble, but which is also sturdy, durable, and well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure l is a cross-sectional view on the line ll of Fig. 2 of a preferred embodiment of my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a fractional vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The primary feature of my invention is the combination of a circular member having bores extended thereinto from its periphery, with an ash tray. below said member, from which there extends upwardly a bearing bracket to which said member is rotatably secured, and means for re- 1 cl im. ((31.131-42'35') moving cigarette butts from said bores by the rotation of said member.

In the drawing the numeral l denotes an ash tray of any suitable size, shape, or design, which preferably is made as a unit with a bearing bracket '2 that extends upwardly from the ash tray 1. Through the hollow horizontal top portion 3 of the bracket 2 there is extended a stationary sleeve member 4, and a likewise stationary bush ing 5 is secured to, and extended through the sleeve member 4. A shaft 6 is rotatable in the bushing 5 and has secured to one of its extremities a hand wheel I by means of a feather 8 or the like. The hand wheel 1 preferably is provided with handles [5, which radiate from its rim portion that is connected to the hub portion by spokes, so as to give it the appearance of a miniature ship's steering wheel. A circular hollow member 9 having radial, preferably tapering perforations H in its rim portion and having a closed front portion, is connected at the center of its front portion to the shaft 6 by means of a screw Ill-or in any other suitable manner. An eccentric stationary disliJl within the member 9 is secured by means of welding or the like to that extremity of the stationary bushing 5 which extends into the member 9. Plungers I2, which preferably are provided with widened head portions, are radially movable in the perforations I4, and springs l3 are interposed between the head portions of said plungers and the rim portion of said member, so that the head portions of the plungers l2 are constantly forced into a frictional engagement with the eccentric disk ll.

Asmay be seen in Figs. 1 and 2, plunger [2 which is within the uppermost perforation I4 is closest to the shaft 6, so thata cigarette butt can be inserted into said perforation and can be extinguished therein. After the member 9 has been rotated one hundred and eighty degrees in either direction, said plunger will be pushed downwardly toward the outer periphery of the member 9, so that the butt (not shown) will be expelled into the ash tray l The rotating member 9 can be provided with any suitable means for temporarily stopping rotation whenever one of the perforations I lv is at the top. For instance, a snap-in groove [6 (Fig. 1) can be provided at one (as shown) or at several locations on the periphery of the eccentric disk I l. While several grooves l8 can be provided at the periphery of the disk II, I have found that one such groove, as'shown, is sufficient if the same is at that portion'oif the disk H which is farthest away from the shaft 6.. By

this arrangement the spring l3 will exert maximum pressure upon the widened head portion of that plunger which engages the groove [6, thus safely stopping rotation of the member 9 in a predetermined position.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A cigarette extinguisher and ejector comprising a circular member having radial perforations in its rim portion and having a closed front portion, a horizontal shaft secured to the back side of said front portion and extending through and beyond said member, an ash tray having a bearing bracket upwardly extending therefrom, a sleeve member extended through said bracket, a bushing non-rotatably secured to said sleeve member and extending into said circular memher and having said shaft rotatably extending therethrough, plugs radially movable in the perforations of said rim portion, and having widened head portions within said circular member, springs interposed between the head portions of said plugs and the rim portion of said circular member, a stationary eccentric disk secured to that extremity of said bushing which extends into said member, said disk being in frictional engagement with the head portions of said plugs, and a hand wheel secured to the extremity of said shaft which protrudes beyond said bracket opposite said circular member.

MAX HECHTL.

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